#environment25 India has six species of antelope: Tibetan Antelope, Tibetan Gazelle, Nilgai, Blackbuck, Chinkara and Chausingha. The Nilgai is the largest and the Chausingha the smallest. It has 12 species of deer, from the smallest Indian Mouse Deer to the largest Sambar.
Source: DTE
Source: DTE
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#environment25 Both deer and antelope are part of the Kingdom Animalia. Also, both are ‘Artiodactyls’, which means they are hooved animals and put most of the weight of their bodies on two or four of the toes of their foot (which fuse to form the hoof). But both belong to different ‘families’ under the Artiodactyl order. The deer belong to the family Cervidae, while antelope fall in the ‘Bovidae’ family, which also includes cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats and bison.
Source: DTE
Source: DTE
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#health25 Diphtheria is a highly contagious but preventable bacterial disease. Here is what to know about reports of a recent case in Punjab and why spikes have been witnessed in the number of cases in some years
Source: The Indian Express
Source: The Indian Express
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#history25 The blackbuck (Iralai Maan in Tamil) features in the Kurunthokai, a collection of classic love poems of Sangam literature. The poems are about love and longing felt by men and women in the Sangam period.
Source: DTE
Source: DTE
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#environment25 A Darjeeling-based company is transporting basalt dust from Jharkhand and using it as an organic fertiliser to enrich soil and accelerate carbon sequestration. It has used about 500 tonnes of dust.
Source: The Hindu
Source: The Hindu
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